Corieltauvi

The Corieltauvi were a Briton tribe which inhabited the east Midlands of England prior to the Roman conquest of Britain, with Sleaford serving as their capital. The Corieltauvi were a largely agricultural people, and their government was highly decentralized and had few strongly defended sites. They were conquered by the Roman Empire in 44 AD, and they later became Roman cities; their settlement of Ratae Corieltauvum later evolved into the modern-day city of Leicester.